Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Gaylord, MI

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
339 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

MIC039-301949-
/O.CAN.KAPX.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140830T2000Z/
CRAWFORD MI-
339 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4455 8437 4473 8437 4486 8412 4485 8389
      4467 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 237DEG 27KT 4470 8417

$$

MIC135-302000-
/O.CON.KAPX.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140830T2000Z/
OSCODA MI-
339 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OSCODA COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 337 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIO...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAIRVIEW AND COMINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4455 8437 4473 8437 4486 8412 4485 8389
      4467 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 237DEG 27KT 4470 8417

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JZ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
154 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 218 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE WILL MEANDER THROUGH NORTHERN MICHIGAN
TODAY...DELIVERING SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS WILL BRIEFLY DRY OUT FOR SUNDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE ARRIVES...WITH ANOTHER PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
ANTICIPATED FOR LABOR DAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. DRY
AND MORE SEASONABLE CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BEHIND THAT FRONT FOR THE
FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK.

&&

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 154 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

...SEVERE STORM THREAT INCREASING...

PREVIOUS FORECAST THINKING APPEARS ON TRACK. MORNING BATCH OF
SHOWERS/THUNDER HAS EXITED AND THICKER CLOUD COVER IS SLOWLY
ERODING ALLOWING TEMPS TO CREEP THROUGH THE 70S. CONDITIONAL
INSTABILITY FOLLOWING SUITE WITH MLCAPE VALUES CREEPING UP OVER
500 J/KG OVER THE SE COUNTIES PER SPC MESO-ANALYSIS AND LIMITED
CINH. DECENT PARAMETERS IN PLACE FOR STRONG TO SEVER STORMS OVER A
CHUNK OF NRN LOWER MICHIGAN WITH STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS AND EFFECTIVE
BULK SHEAR VALUES APPROACHING 40 KNOTS...REFLECTED IN SPC UPDATED
DAY ONE OUTLOOK AND RECENTLY ISSUED SWOMCD. WITH FURTHER HEATING
AND INCOMING SHORT WAVE OUT OF WISCONSIN...STILL THINK STORMS WILL
TAKE OFF OVER NRN LOWER MICHIGAN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

IN THE PROCESS OF LAUNCHING 18Z SPECIAL BALLOON FLIGHT...

UPDATE ISSUED AT 1019 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

SATELLITE IMAGERY/UPPER AIR PROGG CHARTS REVEALING MID LEVEL
SHORT WAVE CENTER OVER SRN WISCONSIN...LIFTING NORTHEAST AND SMALL
UPPER JET CORE IN THE MIDWEST PUNCHING UP INTO LOWER MICHIGAN.
ASSOCIATED BROAD SFC LOW ANALYZED OVER NE WISCONSIN ALONG PSEUDO
STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHING UP INTO EAST-CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN
ROUGHLY UP THROUGH THE MUNISING AREA. LATEST MOISTURE SURGE AHEAD
OF THE SHORT WAVE/SFC TROUGHS UNDERWAY THIS MORNING...DRIVING A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS NORTH/EAST THROUGH
THE CWA.

HAVE ADDED SOME TIMING DETAIL TO THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS AS FOLLOWS. LATEST MOISTURE SURGE/ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDER PUSHING THROUGH THE NORTHERN/EASTERN PARTS OF THE CWA AND
WILL BE LARGELY EXITING THE REGION BY NOON. THAT WILL GIVE A LARGE
PART OF THE CWA US ANOTHER LULL IN THE ACTION THROUGH MIDDAY
BARRING ANY ADDITIONAL SPOTTY SHOWERS THAT MAY POP IN THIS SOUPY
AIRMASS. BUT...EXPECT THINGS TO FILL BACK IN THIS AFTERNOON AS
UPSTREAM SHORT WAVE TRACKS UP THROUGH NRN LAKE MICHIGAN AND WE GET
SOME BOOST FROM JET EXIT REGION FORCING FROM UPPER JET CORE
PUNCHING INTO LOWER MICHIGAN.

BIGGER QUESTION IS...WILL WE SEE SEVERE WEATHER? RESPECTABLE 40-50
KNOT MID LEVEL FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN THIS
AFTERNOON WITH RESULTING 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES PUSHING 35 TO 40
KNOTS OVER THE E/SE PART OF THE CWA. ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED
UPDRAFTS (AND HENCE WHY SPC HAS A "SEE TEXT" OVER SRN LOWER MI).
QUESTION FOR US IS THE USUAL ONE...WILL WE GET ENOUGH HEATING TO
GENERATE DECENT INSTABILITY. QUITE A BIT OF CLOUD COVER STRETCHES
DOWN THROUGH THE LOWER LAKES ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME BREAKS AND
THINNING OF THE CLOUD COVER BEHIND THIS MORNINGS LINE OF SHOWERS.
WHILE WE WILL NOT GET FULL SUN OBVIOUSLY...ENOUGH HEATING AND LACK
OF RAINFALL SHOULD RESULT IN 75 TO 80 DEGREE TEMPS...WARMEST OVER
THE SE TOWARD SAGINAW BAY...AND POTENTIALLY AROUND 2K J/KG OF
MLCAPE. IF THAT MATERIALIZES...SEVERE POSSIBILITIES WILL INCREASE
FOR THE AFTERNOON WITH WIND THE MAIN THREAT AND AGAIN OVER THE
E/SE PART OF NRN LOWER MICHIGAN. WILL SEE HOW IT GOES.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 218 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS...

IMPACTS: LIGHTNING. SEVERE STORMS NOT EXPECTED. POSSIBLE? SURE.

CURRENT WEATHER AND SYNOPTIC PATTERN:

SPLIT FLOW IN THE UPPER LEVELS...WITH A FASTER MORE ZONAL FLOW
ACROSS CANADA...AND A BROAD TROUGH PUSHING A SHALLOW COLD FRONT
EASTWARD INTO WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. AT THE SAME TIME...A SHORTWAVE
TROUGH IS SPINNING NEAR IA/MO WITH A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT JUST OFF
TO OUR SW. THERE IS SOME VORTICITY BEING EJECTED INTO NRN MICHIGAN
ATTM...WITH AN AXIS OF DEEPER MOISTURE AND RESULTANT BAND OF SHOWERS
AND POSSIBLE RUMBLE OR TWO OF THUNDER. THIS IS SEEN ON RECENT AREA
VAD WIND PROFILES SHOWING A SECONDARY WEAKER...YET STRENGTHENING LLJ
FOCUSING SOME LOW LEVEL LIFT INTO OUR NECK OF THE WOODS (THE MAIN
LLJ AND STRONGER DOWNSTAIRS FORCING IN NE OF US). THIS SECONDARY LLJ
IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL SUBTLETIES IN THE LOW LEVEL PATTERN. THERE
ARE ALSO SEVERAL ILL-DEFINED SFC CIRCULATIONS ON THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY. THESE SUBTLETIES ARE RATHER INSIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO THE
UPPER FORCING OF DIVERGENCE AND DPVA IN STRONGER CHANNELED H5 FLOW
INTO ALL OF THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS IS WHERE THE GREATEST
COVERAGE OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED...AND INCREASING INSTABILITY/STORMS
DUE TO  HEIGHT FALLS. EVERYTHING IS PROGRESSIVE...SLOWLY TRANSLATING
EAST. AS STATED YESTERDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE IS PRETTY DARN
MOIST...AND ANY LITTLE BIT OF FORCING WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SHOWERS...THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING MOVING INTO NRN LOWER
MICHIGAN.

A VERY MILD NIGHT WITH CLOUDY SKIES/MOIST ATMOSPHERE...READINGS WERE
STEADY/VERY SLOWLY FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S.

SYNOPTIC PATTERN/WEATHER EVOLUTION:

AXIS OF DEEPER MOISTURE ON NOSE OF STRENGTHENING SECONDARY LLJ WILL
CONTINUE TO LIFT NE OUT OF NRN MICHIGAN BY DAYBREAK. SOME ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS BAND OF SHOWERS. NOTHING TOO
HEAVY FROM A QPF POINT OF VIEW. TOO DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE ANY
FORCING UNTIL THE MAIN SHOW ARRIVES LATER THIS MORNING/AFTERNOON.
AS STATED ABOVE...THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST (PWATS >1.75") AND IT
WILL NOT TAKE MUCH TO FIRE OFF AT LEAST ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS. SO
CHANCES FOR RAIN HAVE TO BE INCLUDED THIS MORNING. THE PROGRESSIVE
UPPER LEVEL FORCING/TROUGHS/SFC FRONTS WILL ALL BE TRANSLATING
TOWARD NRN MICHIGAN THROUGH THE DAY...ARRIVING IN EASTERN UPPER
12Z-16Z....AROUND MIDDAY IN FAR NRN LOWER...AND THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER DIVERGENCE IS EXPECTED TO WANE THROUGH
THE MORNING...BUT LIKELY LEAD TO SOME FORCING ASSISTANCE ACROSS
EASTERN UPPER...AND LIKELY ONLY SOME MINIMAL DIURNAL HEATING TO HELP
THINGS THIS AFTERNOON FOR NRN LOWER. REGARDLESS...WE HAVE THE DEEP
MOISTURE (POSSIBLY UP TO 2" PWATS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME)...HEIGHT
FALLS FROM THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE FROM THE
SFC FRONT AND WEAKISH LOW PRESSURE TO BRING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
SOME THUNDERSTORMS. THINGS WILL WANE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH THE
DEPARTURE OF ALL SAID SYNOPTIC FEATURES. CANNOT RULE OUT ABSOLUTELY
ZERO CHANCES FOR RAIN OVERNIGHT AS THERE WILL BE SOME >1" PWATS AND
POTENTIAL RESIDUAL SFC TROUGHING AROUND WITH MID LEVEL SHALLOW
RIDGING NUT UNTIL 09-12Z. ONLY VERY SMALL CHANCES FOR RAIN.

NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF HEATING TODAY WITH WHAT SHOULD BE A MAINLY
CLOUDY DAY. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S AND
ONLY A SHORT TIME OF ANY THINNING OR BREAKS IN THE OVERCAST WILL BE
ABLE TO EASILY GET TEMPS INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S. MORE SOLID LOW
LEVEL OVERCAST IN EASTERN UPPER. WILL GO MID-UPPER 60S THERE...WITH
LOW TO MIDDLE 70S NRN LOWER.

IF WE DO GET INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S WHICH THEORETICALLY WOULD BE
ACROSS NE LOWER BEFORE THE STRONGER FORCING ARRIVES IN THE
AFTERNOON. MODIFYING FCST SOUNDINGS REVEAL 1500 J/KG (POSSIBLY MORE
IN LOW 80S). LOW LEVEL FLOW IS NOT AS BACKED AS IT WAS ACROSS
WISCONSIN YESTERDAY (WHERE THERE WAS A CONFIRMED TORNADO...BUT WE
DO HAVE LOW LCL'S AND SLIGHTLY STRENGTHENING LOW TO MID LEVEL WINDS
WITH 35 TO 40KTS OF 0-6KM BULK SHEAR. FREEZING LEVELS OF 15KFT DO
COME DOWN TO JUST UNDER 14KFT. THIS WILL HELP IN A HAIL THREAT...BUT
CHANCES FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER...HAIL/WIND OR A TORNADO...ARE PRETTY
LOW. MAYBE WE CAN GET ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO DRAW DOWN SOME GUSTY
WINDS TO 40 MPH...MAYBE HALF INCH HAIL.

LOWS TONIGHT IN THE UPPER 50S/LOW 60S EASTERN UPPER...WHERE SHALLOW
COOL ADVECTION WITH LINGERING BL MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO STRATUS. THIS
THICKER LOW LEVEL STRATUS WILL ALSO DEVELOP MOST ALL NRN LOWER WITH
JUST SLIGHTLY LESS COOLING. 60-65F THERE.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 218 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

...AN ACTIVE WELCOME TO METEOROLOGICAL AUTUMN...

HIGH IMPACT WEATHER POTENTIAL: A ROUND OR TWO OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED FOR LABOR DAY...ALONG WITH QUITE WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH
THE DAY. DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF SAID STORMS...AN IMPACT TO
LARGER OUTDOOR EVENTS MAY EXIST...WITH WIND PERHAPS AN ISSUE FOR THE
BRIDGE WALK AS WELL.

PATTERN SUMMARY: UPPER TROUGH PLAGUING THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT
WILL DEPART EARLY SUNDAY...LEAVING A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF SHORTWAVE
RIDGING IN ITS WAKE. AN AXIS OF SHARP HEIGHT FALLS WILL QUICKLY WORK
EAST THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND WESTERN LAKES SUNDAY
NIGHT...ARRIVING HERE MONDAY WITH A COLD FRONT IN TOW. AFTER
THAT...THE OVERALL UPPER FLOW PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY
FLATTEN OUT OVER THE ENTIRE LOWER 48 THROUGH MUCH OF THE WORK
WEEK...FAVORING A RATHER TIGHT THERMAL GRADIENT SOMEWHERE NEAR THE
AREA AND PERHAPS DELIVERING SEVERAL CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN.
HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS LOW AND IT WON'T TAKE MUCH FLATTENING OF A
VERY BROAD EASTERN CONUS RIDGE TO DRIVE COOLER AIR INTO NORTHERN
MICHIGAN AND FAVOR BETTER RAIN CHANCES TO OUR SOUTH.

A LOOK AT THE FORECAST DETAILS...

SUNDAY-SUNDAY NIGHT: RELATIVELY QUIET CONDITIONS FOR THE MID POINT
OF THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND AS TRANSIENT LOW/MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE
RIDGING BUILDS OVERHEAD. AS DISCUSSED YESTERDAY...HAVE SOME BIG
CONCERNS ABOUT VERY PESKY LOW STRATUS OVERSTAYING ITS WELCOME
THROUGH AT LEAST A PART OF THE DAY...COURTESY OF A QUICK SHOT OF
MUCH COOLER SUB-900MB AIR SLICING IN BENEATH RESIDUAL WARMTH ALOFT.
HAVE SEEN THIS SO MANY TIMES THIS SUMMER THAT IT'S NOT EVEN
FUNNY...AND THE FACT THAT CURRENT (AND LAST NIGHT'S) SATELLITE
TRENDS FAVORED WIDESPREAD POST-FRONTAL STRATUS...CONFIDENCE IS
HEIGHTENED QUITE A BIT. THAT JUNK SHOULD MIX OUT WITH TIME THROUGH
THE DAY (I HOPE!)...LEAVING A RATHER SEASONABLE DAY WITH HIGHS IN
THE LOWER HALF OF THE 70S. ANY DIURNAL SHOWER THREAT LOOKS VERY
LIMITED GIVEN AN INFLUX OF RELATIVELY DRIER BOUNDARY LAYER AIR
THROUGH THE DAY (DEW POINTS BACK INTO THE UPPER 50S/LOW 60S).
SIMILARLY...SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE NIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT
WITH CLEAR SKIES/LIGHT WINDS...AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE
NIGHT...PROMOTING SOME DECENT RADIATIONAL COOLING.

MONDAY/LABOR DAY-MONDAY NIGHT: THE PERIOD OF MOST INTEREST DUE TO
PLENTY OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AS WE BID ADIEU TO THE OFFICIAL SUMMER
SEASON...NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS OF COURSE THE MACKINAC BRIDGE
WALK. AT THE MOMENT...BASED ON CONSENSUS TIMING...IT APPEARS THAT
THE MORNING HOURS WILL BE MAINLY DRY AND JUST INCREASING WINDY...AS
THE FLOW ALOFT RAMPS UP CONSIDERABLY IN ADVANCE OF OUR UPSTREAM
TROUGH AND COLD FRONT. SHARPER THETA-E AXIS LEANING BACK TOWARD THE
AREA DOES GIVE SOME PAUSE...AS THE CHANCE FOR AN INITIAL MORNING
ROUND OF CONVECTION IS NOT ZERO. HOWEVER...THE BETTER SHOT WILL
PROBABLY WAIT UNTIL THE SHARPER HEIGHT FALLS/LOW LEVEL FRONTAL
CONVERGENCE WORK THROUGH THE WESTERN LAKES INTO LATE AFTERNOON...
ARRIVING HERE INTO EARLY EVENING PER 00Z MODEL CONSENSUS. THIS SETUP
CONTINUES TO HAVE SOME SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL...WITH A NICE CORRIDOR
OF ENHANCED DEEP LAYER SHEAR WORKING OUT AHEAD OF THE FORCING
BOUNDARY...WHILE TIMING OF UPSTREAM CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD
OCCUR AROUND PEAK HEATING. FOR THE BRIDGE WALK AND ANY OTHER OUTDOOR
EVENTS...CURRENTLY IT WOULD APPEAR TEMPS WILL BE RISING THROUGH THE
60S/LOW 70S IN THE MORNING WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO AROUND 30 MPH AS
DEEPER MIXING ENSUES INTO A CORE OF 40 KNOTS ALOFT. CHANCES FOR RAIN
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST PART OF MONDAY NIGHT...ENDING RAPIDLY
FROM WEST TO EAST BEHIND THE FRONT AS SHARP COOLING AND DRYING GETS
UNDERWAY.

TUESDAY-FRIDAY: LOOKING LIKE A NICE STRETCH OF WEATHER FOR BACK TO
SCHOOL TIME INTO MIDWEEK AS NORTHERN MICHIGAN SITS ON THE FAR
NORTHERN FRINGE OF BROAD UPPER RIDGING CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST
STATES. ALL THE WHILE...LOW LEVEL RIDGING IS PROGGED TO WORK THROUGH
THE REGION INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. QUITE THE SIGNIFICANT DRIER AIRMASS
IS ALSO FORECAST TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE...SUGGESTING THAT ANY RAIN
THREAT WILL REMAIN OFF TO OUR WEST NEARER AN AXIS OF BUILDING HEAT
AND MOISTURE SLOWLY WORKING BACK INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY LATE
WEDNESDAY. THAT AXIS MAY TRY TO LEAN IN OUR DIRECTION TOWARD
THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT...THOUGH CONFIDENCE REMAINS QUITE LOW
REGARDING THE TIMING OF ADDITIONAL RAIN CHANCES. THERE SHOULD BE
QUITE THE TIGHT THERMAL GRADIENT NOT TERRIBLY FAR AWAY INTO LATE
WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND AS COOLER AIR CIRCULATES THROUGH SOUTHERN
CANADA WHILE HEAT/HUMIDITY BUILD NORTH ALONG THE SOUTHEAST RIDGE.

HOWEVER...THE PLACEMENT OF THAT FEATURE AND ASSOCIATED BETTER RAIN
CHANCES REMAINS HIGHLY IN QUESTION...WITH VARIOUS PIECES OF GUIDANCE
REALLY WAVERING OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS. BASED ON EVERYTHING I HAVE
SEEN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...COMBINED WITH NORTHERN MICHIGAN CLIMO
AND RECENT TRENDS THIS YEAR...IT WOULD SEEM REASONABLE TO ASSUME
THAT COOLER AIR WILL MORE THAN LIKELY DOMINATE MUCH OF THE CWA...IN
LINE WITH THE MORE PERSISTENT ECMWF AND GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN. THAT
WOULD FAVOR A DRY FORECAST OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN...AND
SIMPLY OUT OF NOT WANTING TO CLUTTER THE FORECAST WITH VERY LOW
CHANCE POPS THAT ARE EXTREMELY LOW CONFIDENCE...WILL OPT FOR DRY
CONDITIONS AT THIS POINT. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE LATE FRIDAY INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH HINTS OF A COLD FRONT PRESSING INTO THE AREA.
TEMPS LOOK TO REMAIN QUITE SEASONABLE...WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE
70S AND LOWS IN THE 50S...PERHAPS COOLER TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE HIGH
OVERHEAD.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 154 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NRN LOWER MICHIGAN OVER
THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH APN THE MOST LIKELY TERMINAL SITE TO GET
STORMS. OTHERWISE...A MIX OF MVFR TO VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...REDUCED TO POSSIBLE IFR WITH ANY
SHOWERS OR STORMS THAT MOVE THROUGH.

TONIGHT...FRONT WILL SLOWLY SAG THROUGH THE REGION WITH SHOWERS
DIMINISHING. BUT...COOLER AIR UNDERCUTTING MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER
WILL LEAD TO IFR CONDITIONS AT THE TERMINAL SITES LATER THIS
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SLOW IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS SUNDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
ISSUED AT 218 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

PERIODS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL COVER
MUCH OF THE NEARSHORES THROUGH TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING...AS WEAK
LOW PRESSURE AND A SHALLOW COLD FRONT WORK INTO THE REGION. STABLE
CONDITIONS OVER THE LAKES HAVE THWARTED ANY POTENTIAL ADVISORY LEVEL
WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. GRADIENT WEAKENS HEADING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WHILE WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE W-NW.

A QUIET SUNDAY WILL LEAD INTO THE NEXT FRONT AND PERIOD OF SHOWERS
AND STORMS ARRIVING ON LABOR DAY MONDAY. A SIMILAR SET UP WITH
POTENTIAL ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS BEING STOPPED BY TOO MUCH OVERLAKE
STABILITY.

GENERALLY QUIET CONDITIONS TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY. MAYBE NEXT CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION LATE THIS COMING WORK WEEK.

&&

.APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...NONE.
LH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
LS...NONE.

&&

UPDATE...ADAM
SYNOPSIS...LAWRENCE
SHORT TERM...SMD
LONG TERM...LAWRENCE
AVIATION...ADAM
MARINE...SMD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
204 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
312115-
STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL-
MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT-
STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY-
SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG-
SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT-
MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-WHITEFISH BAY-ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA-
MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-
OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-
OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-
GLADWIN-ARENAC-
204 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY
RAINFALL FROM ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP...SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 8 PM...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT SOUTH OF LINE FROM ROGERS
CITY TO CADILLAC. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IS THE MAIN
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS NOT ENTIRELY
OUT OF THE QUESTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ANTICIPATED ON LABOR DAY. AT
THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. REPORTS MAY BE MADE ONE OF THREE WAYS:

ONLINE: WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD

FACEBOOK: FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.GAYLORD.GOV

TWITTER: TWITTER.COM/NWSGAYLORD

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WEATHER.GOV/GAYLORD.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
215 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

MIZ033-034-301830-
MISSAUKEE MI-ROSCOMMON MI-
215 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF MOORESTOWN...OR 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HOUGHTON LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HIGGINS LAKE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

JZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
232 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

MIZ028-034-301900-
CRAWFORD MI-ROSCOMMON MI-
232 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGGINS LAKE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF
ROSCOMMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NORTH HIGGINS LAKE STATE PARK...
  SOUTH BRANCH TOWNSHIP...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

JZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
256 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

MIZ028-029-301930-
CRAWFORD MI-OSCODA MI-
256 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF ROSCOMMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SOUTH BRANCH TOWNSHIP...
  LUZERNE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

JZ